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Editor,   You are correct in your assertion that Minyanim of late have become undependable in many Winnipeg synagogues.   The exception to this rule is Congregation Shaarey Zedek, where...

“Too few Jews are aware of the part that Christians have played in bringing the Jews home; likewise, very few Christians are aware of this history either.”   This was the...

  I had just had  coffee in the Mozart Café in Vienna when I overheard an English speaking tour guide tell his group that as far as he was concerned the most important resident of...

We are entering into the period known as Yom Hashoah. Holocaust Remembrance Day. Here are some questions I have been asked throughout my years of teaching. I have tried to give honest answers....

Caroline Glick outlined her proposal that Israel annex  Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) providing voting rights to Palestinians just as it did in East Jerusalem in her talk in...

With the Passover holiday almost upon us, ninth grade Boys Town Jerusalem students made their own novel attempt to observe the Biblical command, “In every generation, each person must regard...

For over 25 and years National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC), Winnipeg Section has been baking Hamentashen and preparing Mishloach Manot packages for Jewish Child and Family Service...

Welcome the summer with an 80's theme party!   Featuring DJ Justin Justifier It's a social with snacks and raffle prizes. Just a fun night for all and all are welcome.   May 10,...

Last year I wrote a column suggesting that Desserts Plus could become a daycare in order to solve the community's need for a daycare....

"Born and raised in Manitoba, 19 year old Ila Barker's sweet melodies, lyrical brilliance and unique voice will surely leave you with a lasting impression." Manitoba Music. Grant &...

I am thrilled beyond words to advise members of our incredible community that the 2013 Combined Jewish Appeal campaign which officially closed on March 31 met the very ambitious goal that leadership...

Bob Freedman, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg who is set to retire shortly said something very important and thought provoking in an interview with Uriel Heilman of the Jewish Telegraphic...

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/palestinian-statehood-why-nigeria-held-back-support/  

 Chinese Media Center Launched at the College of Management-Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion Only Israel-focused academic program or NGO worldwide which will engage Chinese media and opinion...

(Mr. Phillips is president of the Religious Zionists of America, Philadelphia Chapter; Mr. Korn, the former executive editor of the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, is chairman of the RZA-Philadelphia...

SLAVERY THEN “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt and the Eternal our God brought us out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Now if God has not brought out our forefathers...

On March 24, Al-Ahram, an Egyptian-Canadian online newspaper published the following antisemitic cartoon:   The heading of the cartoon reads: (translation) “The true relation between the...

    Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau has said that Prime Minister Harper's positions vis-a vis Israel are taken with a view to "playing well at the ballot box." His...

I recently had the pleasure of attending a friend’s son’s Bar Mitzvah at the Etz Chayim Synagogue. Needless to say, the Bar Mitzvah boy did a wonderful job and gave his parents lots of...

  A new British documentary reveals that Eva Braun,who married Hitler hours before she committed suicide with him jointly n his Berlin bunker, may well  have had Jewish...

http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Jewish-groups-excoriate-Denmark-over-legalized-bestiality-347467

Winnipeg, MB –  It is with great pleasure that the Rady JCC acknowledges Jeff Lieberman on his recognition as this year’s recipient of the William Norrie Outstanding Community...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4238/palestinians-auschwitz-visit  

Mr. Mel Lazareck is honoured to nominate Dr. Catherine Chatterley for a 2014 YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the category of Education, Training and Mentorship. The YMCA-YWCA Women of...

Fifty years ago, Elie Wiesel, then a little known Israeli news correspondent in the US wrote a book that shook the soul of a generation: THE JEWS OF SILENCE.  Wiesel described two kinds of...

I met Shlomo Gazit, a former Head of Israeli Military Intelligence (1974-1978) last summer in Kfar Saba, during Israel's War with Hamas in Gaza , as sirens of incoming missiles sounded in the...

Sid Caesar died this week. That makes us sad. We are sorry he's gone because he did so much to make us happy. Happy? We laughed so hard we almost burst our sides laughing.   I try to be a...

Winnipeg, March 31, 2014. Hillel Winnipeg, the Jewish Students’ Association on campus, will present two “Mikey” defibrillators to The University of Winnipeg on April 2nd, 12:30...

[Editor's note: Below is the complete text of a letter sent by Josh Morry and 40 students to President of the University of Manitoba David Barnard, and following that is the complete text...

HonestReporting Canada was alarmed to see Canadian public policy magazine, Policy Options, give none other than the godfather of modern terror, the late Yasser Arafat, the front cover of its April...

Winnipeg, March 24, 2014. Hillel Winnipeg, The Jewish Student’s Association on campus at the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg, will be hosting an Interfaith Passover Seder at...

In  a recent previous issue  issue, the Winnipeg Jewish Review published an email circulated by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg encouraging the implementation of kashrut.    ...

"We are close to our target," Elaine Goldstine , Director of Financial Resource Development for the  Jewish Federation of Winnipeg told the Winnipeg Jewish Review  on March 12 in...

The administration of the University of Manitoba allowed Israel Apartheid Week to take place on University of Manitoba campus in a location not controlled by the UMSU, (University of Manitoba...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/03/17/judy-feld-carr-if-jews-hadnt-left-syria-it-would-have-been-a-slaughter/  

[Reprinted from  Chabad e-blast] Baron Rothschild was an admirer and supporter of a Viennese Jewish author. Once when this author came to the banker for his annual stipend, Rothschild said to...

I have never really thought of the meaning of the Jewish surname "Bernstein"--although I do associate the name with Bernstein's Deli in Winnipeg . But there I was standing in the...

(Dr. Medoff is director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, in Washington, D.C., and author of 15 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. The latest is FDR and the...

I attended two wonderful, participatory learning sessions of Limmud that I've written about below.. Lori Grysman Who's the Boss? The Responsibilities of the Recipient of Charity Every day,...

http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/Alan-Dershowitz-Nazis-Europe-Israel/2014/03/11/id/558976/?promo_code=EE9E-1&utm_source=jpost&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1  

  http://www.timesofisrael.com/father-of-jewish-renewal-movement-passes-away/  

http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-looks-to-belgium-holland-border-for-settlement-solution/

Yanky Fachler is a UK-born Israeli who lives in Ireland, where he chairs the Jewish Historical Society of Ireland.  In 2 Lions, 6 Officers and 750 Mules, Fachler focuses on British officers who...

  [Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three reports by Jane Enkin  on Limmud 2014.]   I had the opportunity to look in on a few arts based Limmud sessions and...

Jenifer Bartman Business Advisory Services is an independent firm providing advisory & contract executive solutions.  Our executive experience in the venture capital industry, combined with...

"My father died three times,” said Gilad Sharon. He recited the Kaddish as 350 invited guests stood solemnly at an evening of remembrance for Ariel Sharon, Israel’s 11th prime...

[Editor's note: Below is a memo sent to community based organizations re kashrut from the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg and underneath that is a letter sent by the Council of...

  http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-refugees-behind-curious-george/      

A belated congratulations to David and Ruth Asper who both received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. If you thought that was a ticket to retirement, think again as this busy couple...

Professor Alejandro Baer, the Director of  the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, got interested in the subject of how German's relate to the past when he was reading an exchange of...